Label-holder for trees.



D. H. BUBLL.

LABEL HOLDER EUR TREES.

APPLICATION FILED JUEY23,1909.

Patented Aug. 2, 1910.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 2y, 1910.

Application filed July 23, 1909. Serial No. 509,079.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DANIEL H. BUELL, citizen of the United States,residing at Marietta, in the county of Washington and State of Ohio,have invented a new and useful Label-Holder for Trees, &c., of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to labeling devices and is especially designedfor use in connection with trees, although it can be employed equally aswell with shrubs, plants, flowers, animals, merchandise and the like. Itis well known that in many orchards the identity of the trees becomeslost, owing to the fact that the names on the labels originally employedare obliterated through the action of snow, rain and other elements.

The principal object of this invention is to provide a labeling deviceof the class described which will positively prevent the elements fromacting upon the label, and which will readily permit of the label beingwithdrawn to be inspected.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device of the classdescribed in which a label holder is adapted to be retained within acasing, the holder and the casing coacting in a novel manner to retainthe holder within the said casing.

A still further object of the invention is to provide such a devicewhich is preferably formed of aluminum or other suitable material., issimple in construction and cheap to manufacture.

With these and other objects in View, the invention consists in theconstruction and novel combination of parts hereinafter fully described,illustrated in the accompanying drawing, and pointed out in the claimhereto appended; it being understood that various changes in the form,proportion, size and minor details of construction, within the scope ofthe claim, may be resorted to without departing from the spirit orsacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the drawing z-Figure 1 is a perspective view of the complete device.Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view through the same. Fig. 3 is across sectional view through the same. Fig. 4c is a perspective view ofthe label, and Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view of the casing showingthe end thereof which coacts with the holder to retain the same inposition.

Like reference numerals designate corresponding parts in all the figuresof the drawm0'.

tteferring to the drawing, it will be seen that the invention comprisesa casing designated as a whole by the numeral 6a. This casing ispreferably formed of aluminum and is formed of two side members 6 and 7respectively, the member 6 being provided with an overturned edge or lip8. This edge extends along the two sideedges and one end ofthe easingand is adapted to overlap and receive the outer edges 9 of the member6,.and thereby secure the members together. These members arerespectively pressed outwardly substantially the whole length thereof toform a hollow casing for a purpose hereinafter described. One end 10thereof is made flat, and is provided with an opening 11 through whichany` suitable suspending means 12 may be passed and secured to the saidcasing. The other or lower end of the y member 7 is provided with aforwardly extending and inwardly curved integral spring lip 13 having a{iat edge.

The invention further comprises a label holder designated as a whole bythe numeral 141. This holder is likewise preferably formed of aluminum,although other material can be employed if desired. The holder compriseslongitudinally arranged and over-` turned edges 16 and 17 respectively,adapted to receive a label 18. One end 19 is bent to form a transversegroove 21 which is adapted to co-act with the lip 13 of the casing asclearly shown by reference `to Figs. 1 and 2, and thereby retain thesaid holder' within the casing. The holder is `extended beyond thetransverse groove 21 to form a thumb-piece 20 for a purpose hereinafterdescribed.

It will be observed that the overturned edges 16 and 17 extend theentire length of the holder including the transverse groove 21 and thethumb-piece 20. The said edges thus reinforce the groove and thethumbpiece, and thereby prevent either from accidentally bending orbecoming broken.

In operation, the device is suspended from a tree or the like by thefastening means 12 in such a manner that the open end will be downwardand the closed end upward, thereby preventing any possibility ofmoisture entering the said casing and injuring the label therein. Shouldit be desired to read the label, the casing is grasped by one hand,

and the thumb of the other handl is placed against vthe thumb-piece 2Oof the label holder. The said holder is forced out from the casingagainst the action of the lip 1S. After the name has been read theholder is slid back into place, when the said lip will automaticallyengage. in the transverse 'groove 2l as before explained.

l/Vhat I claim is A device of the class describedY compris- .ing acasing having opposed side members,

one end thereof being open and the other end closed, one of the membershaving an .integral spring lip inwardly and forwardly extending from thecasing at the open end thereof, and a label holder slidably mountedWithin the casing and provided with overturned longitudinal edgesextending the en-v tire length thereof and adapted to receive a label,one end thereof being bent to form a transverse groove adapted to beengaged by the lip of the casing for retaining the holder within thesaid casing, the holder terminating beyond the said groove in athumbpiece for disengaging and removing the holder from the casing.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aiixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

DANIEL I-I. BUELL.

Witnesses:

J. C. BRENAN, C. C. MIDDLESWURT.

